Chap 12 Part III Gambling Offenses

Question 1

712-1221

Promoting Gambling in the 1st degree

Answer 1

K

advances or profits from gambling activity by:

 (a) Engaging in BOOKMAKING to the extent that the person receives or accepts in any seven-day period more than five bets totaling more than $500;
 (b) Receiving in connection with a LOTTERY, or mutuel scheme or enterprise, money or written records from a person other than a player whose chances or plays are represented by such money or records; or
 (c) Receiving or having become due and payable in connection with a lottery, mutuel, or other gambling scheme or enterprise, more than $1,000 in any seven-day period played in the scheme or enterprise.

class C felony

Question 2

712-1222

Promoting Gambling in the 2nd degree

Answer 2

K

advances or profits from gambling activity.

misdemeanor

Question 3

712-1222.5

Promoting Gambling Aboard Ships

Answer 3

K

advances or profits from gambling activity by:

 (a) Managing, supervising, controlling, operating, or owning, a GAMBLING SHIP;
 (b) a ship which EMBARKS & DISEMBARKS from any point within the State and promotes gambling; or
 (c) TRANSPORTING any person to a gambling ship. 

class C felony

Question 4

712-1223

Gambling

Answer 4

K

advances or participates in any gambling activity.

misdemeanor

Question 5

712-1224

Possession of Gambling Records in the 1st degree

Answer 5

K

possesses/produces/distributes any writing, paper, instrument, or article:

 (a) Of a kind commonly used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting, or representing MORE THAN FIVE BETS TOTALING MORE THAN $500; or
 (b) Of a kind commonly used in the operation, promotion, or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise, and constituting, reflecting, or representing MORE THAN 100 PLAYS or one play where the WINNING AMOUNT EXCEEDS $5,000.

class C felony

Question 6

712-1225

Possession of Gambling Records in the 2nd degree

Answer 6

K

possesses any writing, paper, instrument, or article:

 (a) Of a kind commonly used in the operation or promotion of a bookmaking scheme or enterprise; or
 (b) Of a kind commonly used in the operation, promotion, or playing of a lottery or mutuel scheme or enterprise.

misdemeanor

Question 7

712-1226

Possession of a Gambling Device

Answer 7

manufactures, sells, transports, places, possesses, or conducts or negotiates any transaction affecting or designed to affect ownership, custody, or use of any gambling device, knowing it is to be used in the advancement of gambling activity which is not social gambling.

misdemeanor